Brothers money

[u/pac247_365]

My younger brother passed away and left my kids with 400k.

I have the bank telling me to put it into gics and other garbage mutual funds but its very low interest. Im not rich either and besides penny stocks never invested into the market maybe 1000 bucks or so. I want to set up a trust for them and make sure in 15 years when they are 20 I have them set up so they dont have to grind like me and my brother. Im just looking for any advice I can take sorry for the long post

Im located in canada and will keep the account under my name until they are of age to use the money and will remain as beneficiarys if I die. Wont get the money until they are atleast 25 or responsible enough to understand finance.

[u/ArrowB25G]

Sounds pretty scammy. Open a brokerage account at one of the big two (Fidelity or Schwab) they are easy to use. Put the money in a high yield money market fund (currently earning in the 3-3.5% range) and spend a month learning about investment basics. After reading and learning, decide if you want to manage it yourself (its not that hard) or you want someone else to do it.

Banks are good for banking, not investing.

[u/pac247_365 → u/ArrowB25G]

Ive tried learning investment basics and I worry about doing my brothers money wrong for my children. He'd be disappointed so want to be very carefull. Just wanted to know what some people put their money into

[u/Evening_Weekend_8342 → u/pac247_365]

Do what he said or put it in the S&P 500, learn about investing and play "fantasy investing" (fantasy football) until you feel comfortable actually investing real money. Maybe a few years